Sebald Documentary Gets U.S. Distribution

Patience (After Sebald) has been picked up for U.S. distribution. Directed by Grant Gee, the film is a documentary-essay that explores the writing and influence of the late German author W.G. Sebald. According to reports, the film will open at Film Forum in New York City on May 9, 2012.

Gee’s documentary explores the author’s work as well as history, art, architecture, and landscape, weaving in commentaries by Rick Moody, Robert Macfarlane, Tacita Dean, and others. It apparently takes the form of a walking tour of the eastern coast of England, just like Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn.

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“So Rick, what do you think about W.G. Sebald, perhaps the greatest author of the 21st century so far?”
“Yeah, uh…I think I read like half of one of his books once…got bored…bought the other 3 and they’re all just sitting somewhere in my house…”